SQ: Failure to bend the knees and lower the body until the top surface of the legs at the hip joint are lower than the top of the knees.

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SQ: Failure to assume an upright position with the knees locked at commencement and completion of the lift.

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SQ: Double bouncing or more than one recovery attempt at the bottom of the lift.

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SQ: Any downward movement of the whole bar in its entirety during the ascent.

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SQ: Stepping backward or forward or moving the feet laterally. (Note: rocking the feet between the ball and heel is permitted)

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SQ: Failure to observe the chief referee’s signals at the commencement or completion of the lift.

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SQ: Contact with bar or lifter by the spotters/loaders between the chief referee’s signals, in order to make the lift easier.

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SQ: Contact of the elbows and/or arms with the legs in such a way that is deemed to make the lift easier. Slight inadvertent contact that is of no aid to the lifter is permitted.

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SQ: Any dropping or dumping of the bar at any point before (i.e., before receiving the “Squat” command), during, or after (i.e., after receiving the “Rack” command) the lift.

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SQ: Failure to comply with any of the requirements contained in the general description of the lift.

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SQ: An obvious failure to complete the lift (e.g., spotters assist in replacing the bar).

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BP: Bar is not lowered to chest or abdominal area (i.e., not reaching the chest or abdominal area, or is touching the belt).

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BP: Any downward movement of the whole bar in its entirety in the course of being pressed out.

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BP: Failure to press the bar to straight arms’ length (i.e., elbows locked) at the commencement and completion of the lift.

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BP: Heaving or sinking the bar after it has been motionless on the chest or abdominal area, in such a way as to aid the lifter.

yellow

BP: Failure to observe the chief referee’s signals at the commencement, during, or completion of the lift.

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BP: Any change in the elected lifting position during the lift proper (i.e., any raising movement of the shoulders or buttocks from their original points of contact with the bench, or lateral movement of the hands on the bar, or raising of the feet).

yellow

BP: Contact with the bar or the lifter by the spotters/loaders between the chief referee’s signals, in order to make the lift easier.

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BP: Any contact of the lifter’s feet with the bench or its supports.

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BP: Deliberate contact between the bar and the bar rest supports and/or rack uprights and/or one or both bench safeties during the lift in order to make the lift easier. Incidental contact that is of no aid to the lifter is not a reason to disqualify the lift.

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BP: Any dropping or dumping of the bar at any point before (i.e., before receiving the “Start” command), during, or after (i.e., after receiving the “Rack” command) the lift.

yellow

BP: Failure to comply with any of the requirements contained in the general description of the lift.

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BP: An obvious failure to complete the lift (e.g., spotters assist in replacing the bar).

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DL: Failure to lock the knees straight at the completion of the lift.

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DL: Failure to stand erect with the shoulders back.

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DL: Any downward movement of the whole bar in its entirety before it reaches the final position. (Note: if the bar settles as the shoulders come back, this is not a reason to disqualify the lift)

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DL: Supporting the bar on the thighs during the performance of the lift. (Note: if the bar edges up the thighs but is not supported, this is not a reason to disqualify the lift)

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DL: Lowering the bar before receiving the chief referee’s signal.

yellow

DL: Allowing the bar to return to the platform without maintaining control with both hands (i.e., releasing the bar from the palms of the hand).

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DL: Forcefully and deliberately slamming/pushing the bar downward onto the platform after receiving the “Down” command.

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DL: Stepping backward or forward or moving the feet laterally. Rocking the feet between the ball and heel is permitted.(Note: lateral foot movement after the “Down” command is not a reason to disqualify the lift but the lifter must maintain their balance and may not take a step forward or backward until the bar has been returned to the platform)

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DL: The lifter and/or bar making contact with the spotter in such a way that is deemed to make the lift easier. Slight inadvertent contact that is of no aid to the lifter is permitted.

yellow

DL: Failure to comply with any of the requirements contained in the general description of the lift.

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DL: An obvious failure to complete the lift (e.g., bar fails to leave the ground).

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